Inadequate public investments in essential services and care infrastructure continue to impede women’s ability to fully participate in the economy, access justice and social protection, and live free from violence. With support from UN-Women, over nine and a half million women, across 79 countries, including many survivors of violence and internally - displaced women and refugees, accessed information, goods, resources and/or services. Forty-nine countries have implemented systems, strategies and/or programmes to advance women’s equal access to and use of services, goods and/or resources (including social protection), and 60 countries have strengthened protocols, guidelines and initiatives to prevent and respond to violence against women. Meanwhile, more than 6,600 organizations across 87 countries have enhanced capacities to deliver and/or monitor essential services, goods and resources for women and girls in humanitarian and development settings. Pervasive unequal social norms affect the daily experiences of women everywhere and present a significant obstacle to achieving structural change. With dedicated focus on transforming inequitable gender norms, 15 countries have adopted comprehensive, coordinated strategies for preventing violence against women.
Specific examples of UN Women’s work include:
UN Women enhanced survivor access to essential services:
- Antigua and Barbuda: Supported the establishment and operationalisation of the first Support and Referral Centre (One-Stop Centre)
- Moldova: Opened its first Centre for Specialist Services for sexual violence survivors.
- Bangladesh: Expanded Victim Support Centres to nine police stations, improving survivor access to justice.
- Jamaica: Supported the establishment of DV zero-rated hotline and Domestic Violence Intervention Centres DVICS).
- St. Lucia: Supported the establishment of a One-Stop Centre in partnership with the Caribbean Development Bank and NGM.
- Ukraine: Partnered with JurFem to provide legal, medical, and psychological support to survivors of conflict-related sexual violence.
- Nigeria: Established a Private Sector GBV Fund, expected to aid 10,000 survivors.
UN Women strengthened the capacity of institutions and service providers:
- Developed the Handbook on Gender-Responsive Policing Services, now used in police training in multiple countries.
- Implemented a gender-responsive policing programme in Trinidad and Tobago, training over 400 police officers and embedding the programme into the Police Academy.
- Led the first-ever Gender-Responsive Policing Summit, setting new standards for policing practices.
- Supported Latin America’s Model Protocol for Investigating Femicide, helping 18 countries criminalize femicide.
- Trained 770 national and local institutions across 49 countries, enhancing survivor-centered service provision.
- UN Women strengthened survivor-centered multisectoral services through supporting use of the Essential Services Package for Women and Girls Subject to Violence in translation, and the ASEAN Regional Guidance on Social Work Services. This includes support for GBV counsellor training packages, national service protocols, and ESP practice-based knowledge reflections.
Inadequate public investments in essential services and care infrastructure continue to impede women’s ability to fully participate in the economy, access justice and social protection, and live free from violence. With support from UN-Women, over nine and a half million women, across 79 countries, including many survivors of violence and internally - displaced women and refugees, accessed information, goods, resources and/or services. Forty-nine countries have implemented systems, strategies and/or programmes to advance women’s equal access to and use of services, goods and/or resources (including social protection), and 60 countries have strengthened protocols, guidelines and initiatives to prevent and respond to violence against women. Meanwhile, more than 6,600 organizations across 87 countries have enhanced capacities to deliver and/or monitor essential services, goods and resources for women and girls in humanitarian and development settings. Pervasive unequal social norms affect the daily experiences of women everywhere and present a significant obstacle to achieving structural change. With dedicated focus on transforming inequitable gender norms, 15 countries have adopted comprehensive, coordinated strategies for preventing violence against women.
Specific examples of UN Women’s work include:
UN Women enhanced survivor access to essential services:
- Antigua and Barbuda: Supported the establishment and operationalisation of the first Support and Referral Centre (One-Stop Centre)
- Moldova: Opened its first Centre for Specialist Services for sexual violence survivors.
- Bangladesh: Expanded Victim Support Centres to nine police stations, improving survivor access to justice.
- Jamaica: Supported the establishment of DV zero-rated hotline and Domestic Violence Intervention Centres DVICS).
- St. Lucia: Supported the establishment of a One-Stop Centre in partnership with the Caribbean Development Bank and NGM.
- Ukraine: Partnered with JurFem to provide legal, medical, and psychological support to survivors of conflict-related sexual violence.
- Nigeria: Established a Private Sector GBV Fund, expected to aid 10,000 survivors.
UN Women strengthened the capacity of institutions and service providers:
- Developed the Handbook on Gender-Responsive Policing Services, now used in police training in multiple countries.
- Implemented a gender-responsive policing programme in Trinidad and Tobago, training over 400 police officers and embedding the programme into the Police Academy.
- Led the first-ever Gender-Responsive Policing Summit, setting new standards for policing practices.
- Supported Latin America’s Model Protocol for Investigating Femicide, helping 18 countries criminalize femicide.
- Trained 770 national and local institutions across 49 countries, enhancing survivor-centered service provision.
- UN Women strengthened survivor-centered multisectoral services through supporting use of the Essential Services Package for Women and Girls Subject to Violence in translation, and the ASEAN Regional Guidance on Social Work Services. This includes support for GBV counsellor training packages, national service protocols, and ESP practice-based knowledge reflections.